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HOLDER Filed Sept. 16, 1925 17H s 1M 3 Patented Jul 22, 1930 UNITED STATES rii'r an'r oF'Fi mourn r. wnsrrrnmnn, or Housman, TEXAS v HOLDER Application filed September 16, 1926. Serial No. 135,835.

' quet of flowers held therein.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder of the character described specially designed to give a uniform arrangement of the flowersof the bouquet and thereby improve the contour thereof.

With the above and other objects in view the invention has particular relation to oer-- tain novel features ofconstruction, arrangement of parts and use, an example of which is given in this specification and illustrated proximately uniform diameter in the accompanying drawings, wherein:' Figure 1 shows a vertical sectional View of the holder taken on the line 1- 1 of Figure 2, and J Figure 2 shows a plan view thereof. Referring now more particularly to the drawings the numeral 1 designates a bowl or other container for the holder whose bottom 2 is slightly elevated. The numeral 3 designates a substantially hemispherical holder formed of a solid block r and having a fiat base twith the depending annular marginal rib 5 which surrounds the elevated portion 2 and holds the holder centered relative to the container 1. The tog of the holder is preferably oval in form. he

central part of the holder has a plurality of vertical channels 6 and around these there is a series of channels 7 which diverge up:

wardly and beyond the channels 7 there is another series of channels 8 having a greater upward angle of divergence than that of the channels 7. The stems of the flowers are inserted in these respective channels and the flowers will be thereby held in upwardly diverging relation to each other which will but may be made of any other suitable mae teri-al.

'1.:A holder forcut flowers and the like, said holder being formed of a single solid block of material, suchwas glass, and being substantially hemispherical in form, said block having a flat base and a depending marginal rib and having a convex :upper face, said block having a plurality of series-of channels therein to'receive'the stems of the flowers, an inner series of channels extending approximately vertically, an intermediate series of channels diverging upwardlywith respect to the vertical channels and an'outer series of channels di verging upwardly with, respect to the vertical channels and havingv a greater angle of divergence from the vertical than the intermediate channels, each channel being of ap from end to end. o. r

2. A holder for out flowers and the like formed of a solid. block of material substantially hemispherical in form, having a flat base and having a plurality of series'of channels to receive the flower stems, one series of channels extending vertically, another series of channels diverging from the vertical, and a third series of channels diverging from the vertical'at a greater angle than the other diverging channels, each channel being of substantially uniform diameter from end to end p and a marginal rib'depending from and ex tending all the way around the base and hav-' ing its under surface convex.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

MQLLIE T. YVESTHEIMER;

give a better contour, or spread to the bou-' I quetheld than holders now incommon use for similar purposes.

9 The holder is preferably formed of glass 

